Clip



NOV. 13, 1951 J PETRIE 2,574,755

CLIP

Filed May 1, 1950 INVENTOR JAMES E PETRIE ATTORNEY,

Patented Nov. 13, 1951 CLIP James E. Petrie, Minneapolis, Minn., assignor to Petrie Specialties 00.,

corporation of Minnes Minneapolis, Minn., a

ota

Application May 1, 1950, Serial No. 159,281

1 Claim. 1

My present invention relates to clips and more particularly to a photo-print clip.

The object of this invention is to provide a highly eificient clip for the handling of photoprints during the processing thereof and for holding the same suspended from a support while drying after processing.

.To the above end the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the improved clip approximately double the actual size.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the improved clip.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the top portion of the improved clip, and

Fig. 5 is a View corresponding to Fig. 2 with the exception that the clip is open.

The improved clip 6 is formed of a single piece of spring wire folded, at its intermediate portion upon itself, to form an open eye I. This eye 1 is in the form of an inverted V, the legs of which are designated by the numerals 8 and 9. The wire at the lower ends of the legs 8 and 9 is bent outwardly in opposite directions from the plane of the eye 1 to form a pair of short parallel spacing members l and II respectively. At the outer end of the spacing member II, the wire is bent horizontally parallel to the plane of the eye I and allords a closure member [2 for said eye, except for a passageway l3 between the closure member l2 and the leg 8.

The wire at the outer end of the spacing member Ill and also at the outer end of the closure I2, is first bent downwardly, then upwardly and again downwardly to form a pair of hooks 14. These hooks M are laterally spaced apart parallel to the eye 1 and are located, one on each side thereof. The body members l of the hooks I 4 extend below the outer members of said hooks.

The wire at the lower ends of the hook body members I5 is bent inwardly to afford a pair of horizontal overlapping members I! and 18, respectively. The length of the members I! and l 8 corresponds approximately to the distance between the hook body members I5.

The wire at the outer ends of the members I! and i8 is bent downwardly and inwardly to afford a pair of jaws l9 and 20, respectively. At the lower end of the jaw l9, the wire is bent to form an eye 2|, and then turned upwardly at 22. The jaw 20, at its lower end portion, is bent to form a pin 23 that when the jaws l9 and 211 are closed, extends through the eye 2!.

The improved clip 6 may be attached to a photo-print, not shown, by first opening the jaws I 9 and 20 to withdraw the pin 23 out of the eye 2|. Next, the clip 6 is moved to insert the photo-print edgewise between the eye 21 and the end of the pin 23. When the finger pressure on the jaws l9 and 2!! is released, said jaws will close and pinch the photo-print between the eye 2| and the end of the pin 23. If desirable, the pin 2! may be forced to puncture the margin of the photo-print so that the same will hang therefrom, simply by applying pressure to the jaws l9 and 26 to force the same toward each other. Obviously, the clip will also hold a photoprint without puncturing the same, by spring pressure of the jaws I9 and 20 on either side of said photo-print.

The improved clip may be hung from a support by its eye I or may be hung on a line by means of its hooks I4. The clip may also be hung from a line extending through the eye 1. To thus apply the clip to a line, the jaws l9 and 20 are opened to receive the line between the eye 2| and the pin 23 permitting the line to enter the eye 1 through the passageway l3.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that a photo-print may be handled by means of the improved clip without touching the print with the bare hands.

The drawings illustrate a commercial form of the invention, but it will be understood that the same is capable of certain modifications as to the details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts, within the scope of the invention herein disclosed.

What I claim is:

A clip of the class described formed of a single piece of spring wire folded at its intermediate portion upon itself to provide an open eye in the form of an inverted V having diverging legs, said wire at the lower ends of the legs, being bent laterally outwardly in opposite directions from the plane of the eye to provide a pair of spacing members, the wire at the outer end of one of the spacing members being bent horizontally parallel to the plane of the eye to afford a closure member for the eye except for a passageway between the outer end of the closure member and the adjacent leg of the eye, the wire at the outer end of the spacing member and the outer end of the closure member being bent to form a pair of laterally spaced hooks in which the wire first extends downwardly, thence upwardly, and again downwardly to form the body members of the books, the wire at the lower ends of the body members being bent hori- 5 zontally inwardly into overlapping arrangement, and thence down into converging relation to afford a pair of normally closed jaws, one of said jaws terminating in an eye and the other terminating in a pin normally extending through the eye, the wire from the eye being extended upwardly to the upper ends of the jaws.

JAMES E. PETRIE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 307,030v Badger Oct. 28, 1884 868,004 Post Oct. 15, 1907 993,773 Grabau May 30, 1911 

